Convert Your Blog Into an eBook

If you're a blogger, you've probably considered publishing your blog to print. The good news, with some simple custom CSS you can convert your blog into an eBook.

Another advantage of using HTML & CSS to format your eBook is you can convert to PDF and EPUB format.

Images

First step is to go through your blog and ensure you've got high quality images. General rule of thumb is bigger(physically) is better. You can have a large image on your website, but display it smaller. This will result in larger file sizes, and potentially slower page load, but with today's high speed internet this really isn't a concern (imagine netflix and youtube are streaming high definition video).

Go through your blog and replace any small images with larger images.

Font

Chances are, your blog is using a Sans-Serif font. Wait a minute, what's a sans-serif font you ask? Ok quick lesson. 

Serif

See the little lines at the top and bottom of the letters and numbers? These are called "serifs". These little lines help your eyes stay on the reading row. They're kind of like train tracks, and help make reading easier and faster.

Sans-Serif

Sans is a French word for "without" so Sans-Serif fonts do not have the lines. See the image below, no lines.

Sans-serif fonts are good reading in low resolution (like a computer screen or TV).

@media print {

  font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, Serif;

}